Grady’s Rise and Southward Bond in Journalism
James Grady rose from obscurity in Atlanta to become a leading journalist and Southern advocate. He earned fame with the New York Herald and Atlanta Constitution, reported Florida 1876 politics, spoke at Northern dinners, and declined a national office to remain in journalism.
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Herald Office
Grady
Herald
Star
Wilmington
Georgia
New York Herald
Edgefield
Elsenton
S. C
Florida
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Gate City
Atlanta Constitution
Evan P. Howell
William A. Hemphill
Robert A. Alston
Atlanta Herald
Constitution
North
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Brooklyn
Mr. Grady
New South
Athens
Plymouth Rock
Grant
Lee
Appomattox
Webster
Merchants’ Association
South
Ewen Spe
Commonwealth
Fire reports from towns across the region on December 23
A sprinkler of fires in multiple towns including Hanover Nasua and Cambridge causes light to moderate losses. Chandler Scientific School building narrowly avoids destruction. Moses Emerson Hudson house burns. Frank Varney Varni ngs home destroyed. Juble Framingham house burns. Providence dyewood mill gutted. Peter Cortee Marblehead dwelling burns. Leesburg nine business houses burn. Beacons Street Somerville stable fire suspected arson. East Boston kerosene lamp spark. Charlestown Street factory fire minor damage. Hammill organ factory fire stock and building losses. origin of several blazes under investigation.
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Hanover
N. H
Chandler Scientific School
Nasaua
Moses Emerson
Hudson
Portsmouth
Varmington
N.H
Frank Varney
South Framingham
Charles Juble
Providence
R. I
John D. Lewis
Charles Street
Marblehead
Peter Cortee
Wasash
Leesburg
Beacon Street
West End
Somerville
Cambridge
H. M. Hall
Bennington Street
Boston
Charles Turner
Charlestown Street
Holmes & Blanchard
Warren Haskell
A. Wentworth
Hammill
Bent Street
East Cambridge
New Books by Walter Pater Essays
A review praises Walter Pater for his occasional essays on style and romanticism. It highlights insights on Lamb Coleridge Wordsworth Shakspere Morris Rossetti and Coleridge Coleridge and Wordsworth are examined with sympathy and care, noting Pater's subtle tone and broader critique of literature.
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Pater
Style
Wordsworth
Coleridge
Lamb
Thomas Browne
Morris
Rossetti
Shakspere
Jie
Shelley
Keats
Montaigue
Richard
Sophocles
Scott
Liemer
Dante
Goethe
Walter Pater
New York
MacMillan & Co
Translation Review of A Doll's House in The Doll's House
The review critiques Frances Lord's English version of Et Dokkehjem noting generally faithful rendering of dialogue and avoidance of repetitive exclamations. It praises her colloquial control while faulting occasional softening of diction and disputing her philosophical conclusions about Nora's final act.
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Henrik Ibsen
Henrietta Frances Lord
New York
D. Appleton & Co
Frances Lori
Absen
Miss Lord
Ibsen
Nora
Waiting on Destiny A Story for Girls reviewed
A critical note on Hattie Tyng Griswold’s Waiting on Destiny praising its focus for girls as a tale of growth from precocious child to earnest young woman. The review notes it reflects a late 19th century life in a new country, with moral salutary reading for youth despite lacking literary depth.
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Hattie Tyng Griswold
Boston
Universalist Publishing House
Atlantic
Milton
Vondel
F. G. Cook
John Dickinson
Miss Repplier
Phyllis
Atlantic January issues review and poetry highlights
A summary review of the January Atlantic Monthly notes Mrs. Deland’s Sidney promising artistic triumph if kept away from polemics. It praises The Beguin's Daughter by Bynner and James's Tragic Muse, mentions Miss Jewett's The Quest of Mr Teaby, and highlights Holmes's Over the Teacups with a featured poem and several short pieces by Thomas Burn and Aldrich.
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the Atlantic
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Mr. Bynner
Miss Jewett
Mr. Teaby
New England
Pinkham
Lydia
Boston Athletic Association first annual club championship
Several hundred members and friends gathered at Exeter street gym to view the inaugural B A A club championships in sparring wrestling and fencing. Wrestling and fencing were strong with limited sparring, results include Henry Taggard and Summer Paine draw in light weight, Taggart in 2m 2s middle weight, J P Wise by default heavy weight, Gould over Willams then Guild over Gould in fencing, Robinson and Peters default wins in feather and light weights, and various bouts officiated by Dr Appleton Ellis Buckley and DeBlois.
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Exeter Street
Henry ‘Taggard
Summer Paine
Henry Taggard
J. P. Wise
Samuel Gould
J. T. Willams
Gould
Curtis Guild, Jr
J.C. Robinson
R. Peters
Hunt
Mr. Peters
Professor Ferris
H. F. Amsden
J. Stickney
R. Wainwright Yee
E. C. Ellis
D. W. Shea
Dr. Eoliam Appleton
Eugene Buckley
T. A. DeBlois
Draw ends fight near Bruges as Smith crowd protests ring intrusion
The English boxer Jem Smith and Australian champion Frank Slavin fight near Bruges and end in a draw after fourteen rounds. Smith’s supporters storm the ring to protest the outcome. Slavin then calls out John L. Sullivan for a $2500 or $5000 side bout within six months in America or Australia.
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Belgium
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England
Frank Slavin
Smith
Slavin
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America
Australia
James J. West
The
Chicago Times
Times Company
No Man's Land
Oklahoma
City approves trolley expansion to Forest Park
The Board of Aldermen unanimously voted to permit the street railway to use an electrical single trolley overhead system for propelling cars on an extension to Forest Park at the city's south end.
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Sprinceinup
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School Board Adopts New Music Texts For High School
Newton school board adopts Mason's National Music Course and Whitine's Public School Music for the high school. An appropriation of 10,825 is approved for monthly expenses. Maximum pay for first assistant teachers is 700. other assistants 620.
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Spretton
Mason
Whitine
Remains in Ames building ruins not identified
Remains found last Sunday in the Ames building ruins have not been identified. Initial belief tied them to Loker due to buttons like those on his leather jacket, but later discoveries of buttons and charred jackets from firm stocks negate that identification.
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Ames
Loker
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